Traveling through The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

"uh-huh!"

Dad coughed heavily and cleared his throat. Rigel froze for a moment as if she had been paralyzed, and then she twisted my arm so hard that I almost suffocated.

"How could you let my dad travel in the middle of the night? It's so dangerous!"

"I wanted to see you earlier." The old man patted his precious daughter's shoulder, "You have made it big. You are getting married so soon?"

Rigel twisted my other arm and pushed me in front of my father. "It was Rocker who came up with the idea! He was the one who contacted Danger! He was also the one who agreed to the marriage! If you don't agree, let's cancel the engagement?"

"Why shouldn't I agree? This marriage is a good one. You need to prepare for it in Falkreath, but you can definitely get married before the New Year. I'm anxious to have grandchildren."

Rigel was hit by another paralysis spell. The father had never mentioned his friendship with Tagel to his daughter. Rigel had no idea why he agreed so readily and was completely confused. But she soon led her father to the fortress's sentry tower like a little girl waiting for her parents' praise, overlooking the entire town of Helgen. Rigel gestured excitedly and said that after I left, everyone cleaned up the town and the fortress and found a lot of good things. The inn and the fortress both have cellars, which store a lot of supplies, including food and wine, equipment and cash.

Eddie discovered the gin and mead brewed by old Velod. This boy is ambitious to make a name for himself in the catering industry. He is trying to review the recipe and prepare to create his own brand to compete with Blackthorn and Mead in the future. There are nearly 20 families in the town. In addition to the families taken in by the brothers, there are two old residents of Helgen Town: Sharpshooter Angie and "Sharp Sword" Floki.

Angie grew up in Helgen. After her parents were killed, she killed her enemies and fled to the mountains. Since they fought side by side in the Blood Throne, Rigel has been thinking about her. After entering Helgen, he invited her out of the mountains to be an archery coach. "Sharp Sword" Floki had previously lived alone in the Rift Valley. His son Thorolf and his wife died at the claws of Alduin, and his grandson Hamin was rescued by the imperial officer Hadvar. Twelve years old is the age when boys are lively and active. How can they be willing to live alone in the mountains with an old man? After much persuasion, the father and son returned here to live. When the two archery masters met, they naturally had to exchange skills. The two of them taught six brothers archery skills, and then the apprentices went out hunting in groups of three, competing for the value of the prey of the two teams, which was hard for the birds and beasts in the Gerol Mountains. Floki's style is to do big business if he wants to do something. He only hunts bears, wild boars and deer, and doesn't even take wolves seriously. Angie accepts everything, including rabbits and pheasants. Rigel is already having a headache about the sales of meat and furs.

For the "mere" 200 refugees we brought, Rigel waved his hand and allocated a large open space next to the East Gate to them. The East Gate was the gate where the Imperial Army escorted Ulfric and Stormcloak in. More than three months ago, I was still a prisoner waiting to be executed. It really seemed like a lifetime ago.

It was late at night, and it was not convenient to take my father to identify people. Ilandur and Lucia had already been arranged to rest in the guest room. Rigel led us to the largest bedroom in the castle. This was a room reserved for the Baron. The fireplace had been lit by the diligent brothers. After saying good night, the little saber-toothed tiger pulled me into her own bedroom.

Seeing the wide double bed in the room, a warm feeling surged in my lower abdomen. Rigel took out a key, opened a small safe, took out a piece of paper from it, and took out a dagger from the drawer of the table.

"On the 12th of this month, this piece of paper was stabbed on Cindy's door with this dagger. She didn't find out who did it, so she showed it to me. I don't think it's a prank. Everyone in this town is familiar with each other. Everyone has been very busy recently. How could they have the time to do this? As a result, Cindy disappeared nine days ago. We met the night before, but there was no sign that she had slept in her bed. It seems that she left without sleeping. That girl is quite skilled. If someone came in and kidnapped her, there would be no noise at all!"

Hmm… I took a look at the paper and saw a dark handprint in the middle, with a line of words scribbled below.

"we know."

"Who are they? What do they know? Cindy hasn't offended anyone before? Did one of our own do it?"

Rigel was a little annoyed. Cindy was her most trusted little sister. This girl had no relatives or friends and her interpersonal relationships were very simple. Moreover, she had always been in the dark in the organization. Even if outsiders knew that there was such a person as her, they were not clear about her status.

"Have you ever heard of the Dark Brotherhood?"

"You mean those killers? Cindy was killed by them!"

"I don't think they killed her, at least not here. After the Dark Brotherhood kills someone, they will put a piece of paper like this on the body to claim the crime. Since there are no signs of a fight in the room, Cindy might have been abducted by them, or she might have followed them while she was awake."

In the game, the Dragonborn will find Aventus, an orphan in Windhelm, based on rumors in the tavern. This kid is afraid of the kindly Guiro, the director of the orphanage in Riften, so he attempts to hire the Dark Brotherhood to kill people, but the task is handed over to the Dragonborn by mistake. The Dragonborn killed the target of the Dark Brotherhood, and was "invited" by the leader Astrid, known as Sister A, to a hut in the swamp of the Sea Frontier, and received an invitation to join the Dark Brotherhood. If you choose to join, you will start a series of assassination missions, and eventually become the "Listener" of the Dark Brotherhood and achieve the feat of assassinating the emperor. If you choose to kill Sister A in the hut, you will trigger the task of destroying the Dark Brotherhood, but due to the existence of the Night Mother and Cicero, this assassin organization will eventually leave a spark of comeback.

The guard Helward that Cindy killed was on the Dark Brotherhood's hit list, and the other party must have known about it. In this case, this girl is likely not in danger of life for the time being, but has opened up a new opportunity. Is this a lucky coincidence? The organization I have always wanted to infiltrate was accidentally entered by Cindy? But will the Night Mother's Listener still be willing to be Rigel's little sister? I was calculating with the paper in my hand, and it seemed that something was wrong?

"The Dark Brotherhood's whereabouts are very secretive. We have no way to start now. We can only wait."

I know their lair is in the dense forest west of Falkreath, and I know the secret code to open the door, but I don't want to go head-on into a group of well-trained killers, including a werewolf and a vampire. Besides, I haven't figured out whether they are friends or enemies yet, so I can only pray that Cindy is smart and doesn't fight against the enemy with her eggs.

"Oh... okay." Rigel put the paper and the dagger away and turned around. We were both in awkward silence for several minutes before she finally spoke, "Um...you should arrange the wedding as soon as possible. You...you...you should sleep in the guest room today."

"Yes."

I stood up somewhat disappointedly, forced a smile, and turned to walk out. Rigel's status is different now. She is the only daughter of the baron and the lord's fiancée. Naturally, it is not appropriate for her to mess around with me. And all this is exactly what I once tried so hard to achieve. Now that it is done, shouldn't I celebrate? Why do I feel so sour? When I walked to the door, Rigel's voice, as soft as a mosquito, came into my ears.

"I didn't have my period this month..."